Dead goats and rubbish greet Mombassa's tourists

Rubbish collectors have dumped a dead goat and piles of rubbish around a Kenyan tourist resort in a row over unpaid wages.

Workers in Mombassa say they've not been paid for the last three months.

Around 4,000 of them have fought running battles with riot police and are demanding back pay before they return to work.

The heat and overpowering stench is reportedly driving away tourists.

The workers have defied a call by local government minister Joseph Kamotho to go back to work, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper reports.

Unions are meeting council bosses and government ministers to resolve the problem.

Provincial medical officer of health Dr SK Sharrif has warned of a disease outbreak if the strike continues.